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Spindle whorl, decorated with floral and geometric designs, and figures of birds, in boxwood. Used in spinning.

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Spindle whorl, decorated with floral and geometric designs, and figures of birds, in boxwood. Used in spinning.

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Spindle whorl, in stone. Labelled as 'Stone ring found at Raby in the parish of Waksala, three miles NW from Upsala. Presented [to Alexander Thomson] by Mr Nissen per Rev Professor Lumsden, Oct 1861.'

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Spinning wheel. Type: Saxony upright.

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Spoon in wood, handle carved with design of animal (fish?). Made by monks on Mount Athos, Greece.

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Spoon, engraved with floral and geometrical designs, in beech wood. From the Pindus Mountains, Greece.

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Spoon, engraved with figure of double-headed eagle and human face, in boxwood. Made in prison at Corfu, Macedonia.

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Tartar spoon, old hand-written label on back.

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One of two carved wooden spoons, with decorations in red paint.

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Wooden spoon, bowl is leaf-shaped, handle pyramidal, edges perforated and tapering to a spatula end. Hard wood. Inscription: for Taro pudding
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